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Witnesses to the Unseen and Other Essays
by Wilfrid Ward
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No jacket
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Witnesses to the Unseen and Other Essays by Wilfrid Ward
Hardback, 1893, first edition, published by Macmillan and Co., London, xxix + 309 pages + 6-page author catalogue at rear.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 9" by 6" by 1 3/8". Burgundy cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Marking and scuffing to binding. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Tearing to head of spine. Bumped corners. Some slackness to binding, cracking t front inner hinge and some strain throughout. Page edges deckled, mostly neatly opened, though some rough edges, but some leaves haven't been opened. Edges also browned, scuffed a little tan and a bit marked, with some staining to lower edges. Some marking and staining to endpapers. A little marking to page surfaces but reasonably clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-538
- Title
- Witnesses to the Unseen and Other Essays
- Author
- Wilfrid Ward
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Pages
- xxix + 309
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
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Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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